Our Department Chair

Professor Victor W. Weedn, MD, JD, is a forensic pathologist and attorney with prior academic and practitioner experience. He has published widely and hopes to build upon the forensic sciences program and increase its research effort. Learn more.

Department of Forensic Sciences

GW is home to one of the oldest and most prestigious forensic sciences programs in the country. Located in the Washington, D.C. metro area—the U.S. national security hub—students are in close proximity to the greatest concentration of federal crime labs and investigatory agencies in the world. These facilities provide unique access to forensic sciences experts, in addition to competitive internship and job opportunities.